CHARLOTTE, NC– Mecklenburg County public health workers are at the U.S. National Whitewater Center monitoring the refilling of the water.
Officials have notified the county that it will take two to four days to completely fill the whitewater rivers with 12 million gallons of water.
A teenager died several weeks ago causing the facility to shut down after Amoeba was found in several water tests taken from water inside the Whitewater Center.
Since the incident, local and state health and environmental agencies have teamed up with the CDC to drain water, clean channels and develop a new filter system.
Earlier this week, Public Health Director Dr. Marcus Plescia stated “We remain engaged with the whitewater center and will continue monitoring the situation to ensure that no imminent public health risk exists,” Dr. Plescia said Friday.
